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"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."

Collections Online

Welcome to the Maryland Historical Society’s Collections Online Database. Browse through both Museum Department collections and the Special Collections Department of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library by subject or by medium. Here you will see paintings, photographs, manuscripts, decorative arts pieces, lithographs, and more.

With well over one million items housed at MdHS, this database contains merely a fraction of what can be found in the combined collections. Information contained in the records of the Collections Online Database is subject to change as a result of ongoing research.

Description:
Page 32, sketch of stringed instruments. New Orleans, February 21, 1819. Benjamin H. Latrobe Journal IV, February 16, 1819 to February 26, 1819. "...a stringed instrument which no doubt was imported from Africa. On the top of the finger board was the nude figure of a man in a sitting posture, and two pegs (?) behind him to which the strings were fastened..." Pages 31 through 33 contain sketches of instruments.

Restrictions:
Public use restricted to photocopies. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org

Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org

Subject:
War of 1812, 1812-1815, Havre de Grace (Md.), Object--Weapons

Body:

Creator:
Unknown

Description:
Presentation sword given to John O'Neill (1768-1838). Inscription reads, "Presented to the Gallant O'Neil for his valor at Havre de Grace by Philadelphians 1813." Sword in gold scabbard, mother-of-pearl on grip, ornate hilt. John O'Neill is considered a hero of Havre de Grace after his courageous confrontation with British forces in Havre de Grace in 1813.

Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org

Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org

Description:
Military canteen used during the Battle of North Point, September 12, 1814. Inscription: "This canteen was in the Battle of North Point Baltimore 1814 [September] th. 12. 'Shipley Liester Seneir (sie)." Wood and metal. Note: "Shipley Lester Senior" is hand written on the other side of the canteen.

Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org

Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org

Description:
Painting of John Rodgers (1773-1838). Oil on panel by Robert H. Sheppard (1818-1895). Full-length portrait shows John Rodgers holding silver presentation cup. Lower edge reads, "Presented by the United Fire Company / Gen. A. Miltenberger, Pres to John Rodgers of Baltimore, Sept 12th 1837." At a young age Rodgers apprenticed to a Baltimore shipowner and eventually rose to command a merchant ship while still in his teens. Before being commissioned a lieutenant in the new U.S. Navy in 1798, he spent eleven years as a ship merchant. Rodgers fought in the War of 1812. Drs. Michael and Marie Abrams Memorial Purchase Fund.

Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org

Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org

Description:
Daniel Wells and Henry McComas in caskets, laying in state in the Great Hall of Maryland Institute, prior to moving to the Wells and McComas Monument on Monument Street and Gay Street, Baltimore. Copy of photograph by John Dickinson, 1858. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 glass negatives, box 1.

Restrictions:
Public use restricted to reproduction. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org

Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org